The Great Train Robbery (40 page)

Fordham, Peta,
The Robbers’ Tale
(Hodder & Stoughton, 1965)

Foreman, Freddie,
The Godfather of British Crime
(John Blake, 2008)

Gosling, John & Craig, Dennis
The Inside Story of the Great Train Robbery
(W.H. Allen, 1964)

Guttridge, Peter,
The Great Train Robbery
(Crime Archive/National Archive, 2008)

Hatherill, George,
A Detective’s Story
(Andre Deutsch, 1971)

Hoskins, Percy,
Two Men Were Acquitted
(Secker & Warburg, 1984)

Mackenzie, Colin,
The Most Wanted Man
(Hart-Davis, MacGibbon, 1975)

Read, Piers Paul,
The Train Robbers
(W.H. Allen, 1978)

Reynolds, Bruce,
Crossing the Line
(Virgin Books, 2003)

Richards, Ross,
The Great Train Robbery
(Consul Books, 1964)

Richardson, Charlie,
My Manor
(Pan Books, 1992)

Richardson, Eddie,
The Last Word
(Headline, 2006)

Sandbrook, Domnic,
Never Had It So Good; 1956–63
(Little, Brown, 2005)

Sandbrook, Dominic,
White Heat; 1964–70
(Little, Brown, 2006)

Shirley, John & Short, Martin
The Fall of Scotland Yard
(Penguin Books, 1977)

Slipper, Jack,
Slipper of the Yard
(Sidgwick & Jackson, 1981)

Wheen, Francis,
The Sixties
(Century, 1982)

Williams, Frank,
No Fixed Address
(W.H. Allen, 1973)

One of the earlier London–Brighton mail train robberies in August 1962 reported in the
Daily Express
. (Author’s collection)

February 1963. The boldest train robbery yet failed to go to plan but succeeded in making the front pages. (
Express
newspapers)

Bridego Bridge, half a mile down the line from where the train was ambushed. It was here the robbers unloaded the HVP coach and passed the mailbags down the embankment by human chain. (Thames Valley Police)

Discovered five days after the robbery, Leatherslade Farm was dubbed ‘Robbers’ Roost’ by BBC TV News reporters. The police referred to it as ‘one big clue’. (Thames Valley Police)

On 15 August, four bags containing £100,900 were found in woods near Dorking. Recently opened files at last reveal who the money belonged to and why they dumped it in the middle of the night. (Thames Valley Police)

The police announce the names of the first three suspects. (
Evening Standard
)

Concealed behind a timber panel in Jimmy White’s Reigate caravan, police discovered £30,440 in stolen banknotes. (Surrey Police)

As the result of a mystery phone call, police found two sacks of stolen money in a Camberwell telephone box. New information suggests a deal had been done between the police and one of the gang. (Author’s collection)

Commander George Hatherill, head of CID at Scotland Yard, had been given a list of those who had taken part in the robbery by an informant. (Author’s collection)

The
Daily Mirror
dubbed Commander Hatherill’s informant ‘The Squealer’. (
Mirror
group)

Detective Superintendent Gerald McArthur and Detective Superintendent Malcolm Fewtrell co-ordinated the Buckinghamshire side of the investigation from Aylesbury Police Station. (Author’s collection)